Cattle Vaccinated Against Foot & Mouth Disease

Department of Livestock, tribal district Orakzai besides injecting preventive vaccine to cattle against foot & mouth disease to thousands of livestock has also distributed free medicines.

PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Dec, 2018 ) :Department of Livestock, tribal district Orakzai besides injecting preventive vaccine to cattle against foot & mouth disease to thousands of livestock has also distributed free medicines.

On the special directives of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Orakzai, Khalid Iqbal, the Director Livestock, FATA Malik Ayaz Wazir, the Assistant Director, Livestock organized free medical camps and carried out door-to-door campaign for administering free preventive injections to cattle during the period of last 15 days.

The Assistant Director,Livestock, Khalid Younas has told the journalists that during field day in different areas of the district, the department has carried out preventive campaign against foot & mouth and other diseases in the animals.

He said that that the government specially concentrating on the production of the livestock and forthis purpose has activated all veterinary centres in district Orakzai and theyhave been sufficient quantity of free medicines and trained staff.